Please see the attached flyer to fill out information about Band for the 2025/2026 school year!
Link address: https://forms.gle/HAYNzd6k9YgPaxMCA
Wayne Bruns, Easton Smith, Reid Phelps, and Henry Gregory received high praise from Mr. Mathers and Mrs. Carroll for helping out throughout the day on Wednesday! They were happy to help when asked to move many band instruments and boxes during the day. As a small token of appreciation, they got a couple pizzas to have on Thursday! We are always proud to share how our students are willing to lend a helping hand!
Congratulations to our WGS May students of the month! These students were nominated as those Most Improved. These students have worked to display the monthly character traits all year and display our Cougar P.R.I.D.E. (Prepared, Respectful, Involved, Dedicated, and Empowered).
Austin Murphy, Valerica Snyder, Bella West, Neveah Summers, Anna Moore, Bo Hileman.
Ben King, Keatynn Dorwart, Chloe Bartmann, Bentley Davidson, Oden Weger, Lillie Fox.
Nate Main, Adam Holmes, Jada Lawson.
Have a great summer!
Woods 2 class is a dual credit class through LLCC. The goal for Woods 2 is to learn all the steps on how to build a shed/small structure and then build it with little help from me; the instructor. The students took charge of this build and I mostly supervised and guided students. I think we exceeded our goal! The shed was completed in just 6 weeks.
I am so proud of these students. It’s not perfect but for a group of teenagers it turned out great!! Mrs. L. Hileman, Instructor.
Students: Aubrey B; Carson B; Nic H; Logan H; Mia H; Hailey J; Hayden J; Nolan M; Dylan P; Cameron S; Blake T; Gavyn T; and Trevor W
Congratulations to WHS Prom Queen and King - Brylee Lawson and Carson Gregory.
They were crowned this past Friday at "A Night in New York " Junior-Senior Prom 2025.
WGS spotlight! We want to thank the Girls on the Run Program for their amazing gifts! They were asked to complete a community service project and they chose the WGS staff! They took everyone in the building a "treat cart" for a fun surprise snack!
WHS Seniors - Class of 2025
Baccalaureate Service
Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 7pm
First Christian Church, Winchester
PROM Y25 " A Night in New York" ~
Junior Senior Prom ~
Friday, May 9, 2025 ~
at Sophia's Event Center (1852 S Main St - Jacksonville) ~
7pm - Grand March with Coronation immediately following. ~
Dance 8-11pm ~
After Prom is at the YMCA from 12-4am. All students must have a form on file to attend. ~
WHS Prom Court is: Reagan Brown, Brylee Lawson; Brooklyn Gregory, Ashlyn Likes, Breeana Gregory, Carson Brown, Caden Meyer, Carson Gregory, London Adams and Peyton Andras.
CONGRATULATIONS! Izzy & Ryan
This week we celebrate our TEACHERS! Happy Teacher Appreciation Week ~ May 5-9, 2025.
THANK YOU...for all youdo.
Attention WGS Parents: If you received a note from Mrs. Kerri Day, WGS Librarian regarding late books it had the wrong email address on it. If you need to reach out to her via email please use the following: ksday@winchesterschools.net.
The Book Fair at WGS starts today! It runs Monday-Thursday and Family Night is Wednesday night 4-6 pm!
Congratulations to our April Students of the Month for Resilience!
Student of the Month: Rees Williams, Charlotte Woods, Remi Dorsey.
McKyni Maynard, Samaria Gavin, Faithlyn Booth.
Jacoby Bigley, Sophia Carmean, Phoenix McDaniles.
We also had several nominations from students and staff for this month for Resilience. So congratulations to our first Teachers of the Month: Mrs. Leonard and Mrs. Krueger!
It is National School Lunch Heros Day! We definitely have a superhero team here at Winchester!
Congratulations to Sophia Carmean, our WGS 2025 Spelling Bee Champion and Isaac Wellenrieter, our runner up! A big congratulations to all our competitors from 4th-8th grade!
Have you seen the cover for our upcoming yearbook? We only have 49 books left for sale, so order yours today at yearbookforever.com! You can also send $25 cash or check to the office to order a book.
Happy Principal Appreciation Day
Thank you for all you do for our students and school district.
On Tuesday, April 29th, four Winchester High School students attended Senator Jill Tracy's Youth Advisory Council at the Illinois State Capitol. These students had the opportunity to meet with Senator Tracy, Representative Kyle Moore, and Representative CD Davidsmeyer in the Illinois Senate and House chambers. The students also participated in a mock bill group discussion and mock bill committee hearing. The students in attendance included Adrienne Kaufmann, Fiona Smith, Alexia Greiner, and Audi Brown.
The Winchester Junior High all were able to attend a very engaging and powerful assembly "The Beautiful Tomorrow" which was connected to a month long culmination of events encouraging that no matter what happens today, everyone can have a "Beautiful Tomorrow."
